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Top 10 biggest single military strikes before modern time

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  1. Battle of Borodino on 7 September 1812. The war was between Napoleon I and The Russian Empire.

    France and allies casualties: 35,000 – 42,000.
    Russian casualties: 37,000 – 53,000.
    Total casualties: 72,000 – 95,000 died.
  2. First day strike of the Battle of Albert on 1 July 1916 during the First World War. The Battle of Albert was the first part of the Battle of Somme. The city Somme in France was already invaded by The German Empire and France togehter with The United Kingdom did do a huge single strike on the first day of taking back Somme.

    British casualties on first day: 57,470.
    French casualties on first day: 1,590.
    German causalties on first day: 10,200.
    Total causalties on first day: 69,260 died.
  3. Battle of Voronezh between 28 June 1942 and 24 July 1942 (28 days). Nazi Germany did invade The Soviet Union.

    Nazi casualties: 94,500.
    Soviet casualties: 370,522.
    Average daily deaths: 16,600.
  4. Battle of Gettysburg on 1, 2 and 3 July 1863 (American civil war).

    Total casualties: 46,000-51,000.
    Average daily deaths: 15,333 – 17,000.
  5. Battle of Stalingrad witnessed daily the biggest single military strikes in human history. It was between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union between 17 July 1942 and 2 February 1943 (6 months, 2 weeks and 2 days).

    Nazi casualties: 800,000 – 1,500,000.
    Soviet casualties: 675,000 – 2,000,000.
    Average daily deaths: 7.450 – 17.700.
  6. Battle of Berlin between 16 April 1945 and 2 May 1945 (16 days). Soviet Union invaded Nazi Germany and every day where one of the biggest single strikes in human history.

    Nazi casualties: 81,116.
    Soviet casualties: 92,000 – 100,00.
    Average daily deaths: 10,820 – 11,320.
  7. Battle of Kiev between 7 July 1941 and 26 September 1941 (81 days). Nazi Germany did invade Soviet Union.

    Nazi casualties: 26,856.
    Soviet casualties: 616,304.
    Average daily deaths: 7,940.
  8. Siege of Warsaw between 8 September 1939 and 28 September 1939 (21 days). Nazi Germany did invade Poland.

    Nazi casualties: 5,000.
    Polish casualties: 140,000.
    Average daily deaths: 6,910.
  9. Battle of South Shanxi between 7 May 1941 and 27 May 1941 (20 days). The war was between Japan and China on Chinese soil.

    Chinese casualties: 75,600.
    Japanese casualties: 39,600.
    Average daily deaths: 5,760.
  10. Siege of Budapest between 29 December 1944 and 13 February 1945 (51 days). Nazi Germany did invade Romania.

    Nazi casualties: 115,000.
    Soviet/Romanian casualties: 120,000.
    Average daily deaths: 4,610.

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